David Dellow, from our senior support team at Redcroft care home, Bournemouth, has been on a mission to transform an area of garden behind the chicken run; to create something rather beautiful and interesting from a scrubby patch of untamed wilderness. David’s creative designer and grafting partner is S. Here is S and David’s nature garden diary, kindly shared with the kind permission of both. “Nature Garden Creation, First Session: Today we started on the Nature Garden, our first task is to clear all the loose vegetation on the floor and all the loose branches on the ground. We are …
Huge thanks go to the wonderfully creative children of St Michael’s School who painted these colourful rainbows for residents and care staff at Apple House care home. They were really appreciated by all! …
Firstly, we hope you are staying safe and well during this unprecedented and difficult time which is bringing so many challenges to each and every one of us, those whom we support, our friends, colleagues, and loved ones. You may well have seen the extensive press coverage over the last few days about care homes and carers in relation to the pandemic. We were delighted to hear Mr Hancock announce that social carers will now be bracketed with NHS frontline staff, social care being the ‘second front line.’ This means a lot to our carers who will receive the new …
At Apple House care home Jayne and the crew have been busy making and displaying fabulous Clap For Carers and NHS posters. ? …
Creating fun, practical activities whilst in lockdown generated a fantastical day of haircuts! The day began with discussions around work and our experiences of work. ‘T’ volunteered to be chief hairdresser-in-training and had a very measured approach. ‘D’ and ‘M’ really enjoyed the feeling of the clippers on their heads and then showing off their new look to the rest of the house! John was impressed with T’s work ethic (even though the last bits were touched up by Carly). Here are our before and after photos (shared with kind permission). — John Caslake, Registered Manager, Summerwood …
We love this art work with a key message by residents at Summerwood care home! The heart ? is etched with the names of key workers and the entire art hangs proudly on Summerwood’s fence. …
A message from Professor Martin Green, Care England: Dear public, Last week in response to the COVID19 outbreak the Government called upon retired nurses and doctors to return to work with the line ‘your NHS needs you’. Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, is complementing this message, ‘social care needs you too’. The adult social care sector too will require the support of the nation in the coming months if it is tocontinue to support some of society’s most vulnerable at these most worrying of times. We encourage those who are willing and able, to do …
Dear Friend and Family Member, During these uncertain times I wanted to share a little certainty with you. Here at Apple House care homes we are working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure every person we support, and each team member caring for them, are as safe and supported as can possibly be. This means that you can be certain we are taking no chances where coronavirus is concerned. I wrote to you last week (the letter is right here on our blog under the COVID-19 heading in the menu) and updated you on measures we have been taking so …
Dear reader, as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic infection rate gathers momentum across the world and our nation, here at Apple House care homes we want to reassure you that we are working around the clock behind the scenes to keep residents and staff well, to the very best of our abilities. This is a fast-paced pandemic. Government guidance for all of us is changing every day and the information we share with our teams here is ongoing, extensive and up to date. We thought it might be useful to put some of our planning right here on our website and …
Last evening the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that coronavirus, COVID-19, was now classified as a worldwide pandemic. In turn the British Government are set to increase measures to ‘delay’ the spread of the virus in the UK. Here at Apple House care homes we want to reassure service users, their families, professionals, our staff and suppliers that we will deal with any suspected outbreak in accordance with published NHS and PHE guidelines. These guidelines cover what to do if a staff member or resident, or someone else connected to our homes, are diagnosed with COVID-19. Incorporating the NHS guidance …
